Monday, October 20, 2014

Candle Light Holder - With a simple tutorial (Picture heavy post)

Hi Crafty friends,

How are you all? Am super excited to share a project and inspire you. This is my first post as a DT and please bear with me for any errors. And as a DT, am enjoying seeing all of
you return over and over to share your creations. Thank you for all your
participation and please continue to do so.

So, how is the weather
out there in your place? The slight chill in the climate tells me that
Christmas is fast approaching. I simply love this time of the year as there are
continuous festivals to celebrate, all the ‘big’ holidays are just around the
corner and the year end is in sight. And, I love it for the family fun, get
together, loads of shopping and yes, the Gifts….

With a countdown to
Christmas, a bundle of Christmas cooking and craft projects are on the roll.

Now on to my creation.

Am here to share a tutorial
on how to gift the tea lights in a nice handcrafted box. Something common to
both Diwali and Christmas. Followed the tutorial by Joann Jamieson to make this
box.

Took
a piece of pink cardstock measuring 8 1/4” by 3 3/4”. Score at the longer
side at ½”, 1 1 /8”, 7 1/8” and 7 ¾” and the shorter side at ½”, 1 1/8”, 2
5/8” and 3 ¼”. Make crisp creases.

Cut
out the ‘L’ shape of each corner as shown in the 2nd pic. Snip
at all the four corners which will allow the little fold to flap up.

Apply
glue on the shaded part in the pic and glue down the outer flap towards
inside as seen in the 3rd pic.

Apply
glue in the shaded part as shown in the 4th pic and glue it
down together.

Apply
glue to the snipped ends and fold them to hold the box together.

The
box to hold the tea lights is ready.

Now
I took my Tim Holtz on the Edge die.

Cut
out 2 pcs of pattern paper and 2 pcs of the same pink card stock. Adjusted
their heights and stuck them to the box.

Now, Embellish as you
wish and the handcrafted cute Tea light holder is ready.

This is fairly simple
to do and goes really fast.

Along with this, I made a
Christmas tree treat box and a Luminary holder with a LED tealight inside.

Hope you all liked it.

Now that you have seen
what I did with the theme, Its your turn! Create any project based on the above
theme and link it up here. Add that personal touch to your gifts this festive
season, Share it with us and you have a chance of winning a gift from the
Imaginations Online store.

Not to forget, Please
let me know how you liked this idea in a comment.